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(No M udel.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. SISUNG, Jr.

GATE

No. 369,968. Patenfl f$eph 13, 1887.

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GATE.

3 Sheets- Sheet 2.

Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

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J. SISUNG. Jr.- GATE.

Patented Sept. 13, 1887. I

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UNITED STATES JAMES SISUNG, JR, OF DETROIT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO JAMES SISUNG, SR, OF NEWPORT, MICHIGAN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,968, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed June 24, 1887. Serial No. 242,420.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JAMES SIsUNG, J11, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michi- 5 gan, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to certain improvements in gates of that class which maybe opened and closed by a driver or rider without dismounting for that purpose; and it consists, first, in the peculiar locking device employed, which acts as a gravity-latch when the gate closes, and is operated as a sliding bolt when the 15 gate is being opened, and, secondly, in the novel and peculiar construction and combination of devices employed to operate said bolt and to open and close the gate in connection with hand-levers and crossed connecting-wires for actuating the same, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective view of a gate embodying my improvements, closed across the roadway, omitting one of the handlevers and its post, also the fencing in line with the heel and toe posts. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a rear elevation showing the gate open. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same closed. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the closed gate and its posts. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of parts about the center of the gate, showing in detail the devices for straining the gate-wires and the bent lever or bell-crank for operating the latch-bolt. Fig. 6, Sheet 3, is a plan of the gate closed. Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view of the heel-post, showing details of construction. Fig. 8 is a partial vertical section of the outer stile of the gate, showing the manner of securing the filling-wires.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several figures.

In the drawings, A represents the heel-post, and B the toe-post, planted on opposite sides of the roadway.

G is my gate, which is constructed in the following manner: Two elastic wooden bars, D D, have an upright bar, E, clamped between the outer ends by a bolt passing through all. Their rear ends are bolted between the jaws of an eyestrap, b, hinged on the ring of an eyebolt, (I, screwed into the heel-post A. Similar (No model.)

but smaller eyebolts, d, are screwed into the heel-postin the same vertical plane at regular intervals, to each of which is secured a wire, 0,

whose other end is passed through a corresponding holein the stile E, drawn taut and secured by a few turns around the shank of a wood-screw, d, Fig. 8, which is then turned home. This makes a very light and strong wire gate, which swings freely on the screweyes d d in lieu of hinges, matches well with a wire fence, is easily and cheaply made, and does not cause the banking of snow against it in the winter season.

All the wires in the gate may be simultaneously strained taut in the following manner: A pair of clip-plates, e c, Fig. 5, are secured to the bars D'D about the middle of their length, one to each, and arranged to slide upon each other. \Vhen drawn together, they will thrust forward the girt E and strain the Wires. Being perforated at intervals, the clipplates are held in the proper adjustment by one or more bolts passing through both.

The gate is prevented from sagging by a tie rod, F, hinged to the top of the heel-post by an eyebolt with its foot fastened to the girt E. It is jointed at the middle to permit the outer end of the gate to be raised and swung over any temporary obstruction in the roadway. From the joint two wire stays, ff, extend to and connect with the outer ends of the clipplates 6 e, to prevent any tendency of the gate to twist or oscillate. Close to the heel-post a post, A, is planted, to the upper part of which is pivoted the mechanism which operates the gate and its locking devices, the first of which I will now describe. A metallic lozengeshaped frame, G, with an upwardly-proj ecting arm, G, is pivoted at g to the post A. At each end corner of said frame is a stop pin or stud, 2', while a pendulum-lever, H, is pivoted at h at the intersection of the frame and its arm G, a weight, IV, being hung to its lower end to keep it perpendicular. A yoke, G, at the back of the frame encircles the post A and serves as a stop to limit its oscillation.

At the side of the road, outside of the fence, a post, I, is planted, and a similar post, I, is planted at twice thedistanceinside the fence. Horizontal hand-levers J J are respectively pivoted to the tops of these posts. A wire,

K, connects the top of the pendulum-lever H with the inner or short arm of the hand-lever J, and also with the outer arm of the hand-1ever J. A wire, K, crossing it connects said hand-levers in such a way that they will move 1n unison.

L is the gate-lever, connected at its upper end by a ring-bolt, Z, to the upper end of the frame-lever G, Fig. 7.

M is a swinging fulcrum-plate pivoted at one end to the heel-post, and the gate-lever L is adjustably pivoted thereto by a fulcrum-bolt, m. Its lower end is pivoted on the inner and upper end of a bell-crank, N, of the peculiar form shown in Fig. 5, which bell-crank is pivoted at n to the clip-plates e e, and preferably by their clampingbolt. The other arm of said bell-crank is bent down to pass under one of the bars D, where it is connected by a pin, 0, tothe latch-bar O, which, as hereinbefore stated, acts as a gravity-latch when the gate closes, engaging with the catch 1) in the toe post, and as a'retractile bolt when the gate is to be opened.

Attention is directed to Fig. 5, in which that part of the gate-lever L shown is thrown away from its proper position, in order to show details of construction more clearly. As a matter of fact its normal or proper position is at such an angle with the gate that of its own weight it will, through the bell-crank, throw the latch-bar 0 forward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5.

To enter the field or yard, the gate being closed, the rider or driver takes hold oflever J as he moves along. Through wire K, Fig. 3, the top end of pendulum'lever H would be pulled to the left; but its lower part is arrested by the stud t, which then causes the frame G G to rock over on its fulcrum g. The first effeet is to pull up the lever L and retract the bolt 0 from its catch 0 on the toe-post. Continued pressure on the handlever causes the gate to be pulled around by the longer arm of beyond the fulcrum 9, (see Fig. 2,) when the weight W will pull over the frame G G until arrested by the yoke G and thus complete the opening of the gate without further manual effort. Driving through, the other lever, J, is moved and the gate pushed (through the re-. verse of the operations just described) until the frame G G is swung a little more than fortyfive degrees, when the weight will complete the operation. The latch-bar O protruding normally, it will engage with the catch 10 on the toe-post and automatically lock the gate.

The bars D D serve as fenders to protect the wires and also to protect any person approaehin g the gate when barbed wires are used as a filling.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact conformation shown in the frameG G, as it is evident that the same may be varied or modified without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a gate, 0, of the combined latch-bar and retractile bolt 0, bellcrank .N lever L, fulcrum-plate M, swinging on the heel-post A, and a means for operating said lever L, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the gate 0, of the frame G G G, pivoted to the post A and provided with studs 2' t, the weighted pendulumlever H, pivoted to said frame, the lever L, connecting said frame to gate 0 and supported by aswinging fulcrum, M, attached to the heelpost, the levers J J, and their connectingwires K K, substantially as described.

JAMES SISUN G, JR.

In presence 0f- GEORGE P. 'AsKIN, JNo. S. TYLER. 

